Kumbalgarh Fort - The Great Wall of India #BlogchatterA2Z

 The Great Wall of India , where you can easily spend a day looking around at the fort 's beautiful and picturesque locations . The Fort is none other than the Kumbhalgarh Fort . 

It is located in Udaipur City of Rajasthan , India .

The fort was built by Rana Kumbha in the 15th century with the help of the chief architect Mandan . 

The fort is known to be the birthplace of Maharana Pratap Ji .

Kumbhalgarh Fort is located 3600 ft above the sea level in the Aravalli Range . 

The walls of the fort are about 15ft thick . The fort has seven fortified gateways with over 70 temples ! 

Now you must be wondering that if the fort contains over 70 temples , how widespread would it be ??

Well , the walls of Kumbhalgarh Fort extend to a perimeter of 36 kilometres making it the second Largest wall in the world after the Great Wall of China . Hence , it is named the 'Great Wall of India ' .

Some people believe that Maharana Kumbha used to light up huge lamps daily in order to provide light to the peasants who would work during the night . This would demand 100 kilograms of cotton and 50 kilograms of Ghee ! 

At present , the Rajasthan Tourism Department organises an annual festival in order to commemorate the dedication or passion of Rana Kumbha towards art and architecture . These fests also include concerts and light and sound shows .

As fascinating as it seems on reading about it , the fort is more astounding in real life . I can say so because I have been to the fort and experienced its beauty.  

As I mentioned earlier , one can easily spend an entire day there without getting bored . Let's have a look at some mesmerizing clicks : 

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